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Nutmeg Potato Gnocchi topped with "Parmesan", Basil and Spicy Sherry Heirloom Tomato Salsa
Sometimes, there are weeks where I have entirely no clue what to write about. Then there are the weeks where I want to write about something completely inappropriate or entirely too personal. This just happens to be one of the later mentioned weeks. For your sake and mine, I'll spare you the "entirely too personal", as it has to do with my lower digestive track and it's inadequacies. No, this week we're going to talk about something entirely inappropriate: my addictive personality.
In the past, this has manifested itself in many forms. Ingesting far too many hallucinogens, smoking exorbitant amounts of marijuana...you get the picture here. But as I age, my addictions become down-right unusual. One of the less odd examples is my cleaning neurosis, one of the stranger examples is my addiction to cleaning my ears with q-tips. I swear on my mother's name, it gives me the most euphoric sensation. Other odd addictions of mine include:
1) Crying to the Indigo Girls and Tegan and Sara
2) CVS coupons
3) Wearing only black, short socks
4) Making sure I have no less than 10 pairs of black, short socks...and that every one has a matching sock. If a sock goes missing, I lose my shit.
5) Heirloom Tomatoes. Some people have SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), I have SPD (Seasonal Produce Disorder)
6) Not wanting to leave the house until the mail arrives. Yes, I'm addicted to receiving mail. My wife has this one, too.
Of course, I have normal addictions like coffee, making lists, and buying clothes. But you have to admit, I'm kind of a weirdo. Anyways, on to what's important...
If you missed my little note last week, I launched two new websites in preparation for my book.
1) VeganizeThis.org
2) A "Veganize This!" News Blog (special shout-out to Vegansaurus.com for posting an interview with me, giving me something newsworthy to write about and some damn good publicity.)
Also, I've started actively using my Twitter account. You can follow me @jennshaggy.
And one last thing before the recipe. If you haven't had the chance and are a Facebook member, I'll love you forever if you follow each of my blogs by clicking here and here.
Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!
and Spicy Sherry Heirloom Tomato Salsa
For the Gnocchi...
- 2 1/4 lbs Waxy Potatoes
- 2 1/4 - 2 3/4 cups All-Purpose Flour, plus more if necessary
- 1/4 cup MimicCreme combined with 2 TBSP Egg Mix
- Large pinch of Freshly Grated Nutmeg
- 2 TBSP Vegan Margarine
- 1 package of Dr Cow Tree Nut Cheese (any flavor), cut into shavings
- Chiffonaded Fresh Basil Leaves, for garnish
For the Sherry Salsa...
- 2 TBSP Olive Oil
- 1 Shallot, finely chopped
- 2 cloves Garlic, minced
- 4 Heirloom Tomatoes, chopped
- 1 small Red Chilli, seeded and finely chopped
- 4 TBSP Sweet Sherry Wine
- Salt and Pepper, to taste
- 2 TBSP Fresh Flat Leaf Italian Parsley, chopped
First, make the salsa. Heat the olive oil in a pan that has a well fitting lid over medium high heat. Add the shallot, garlic, heirloom tomatoes and chilli to the pan, stir to combine, then cover with a lid and allow it to cook for 10 minutes.
Remove the lid, pour the sherry into the pan, then season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir in the parsley, turn off the heat, then cover with a lid to keep warm until the gnocchi is ready. You may need to reheat it for a few minutes prior to serving.
To make the gnocchi, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Boil the potatoes until very tender but not falling apart. Drain well and peel while they're still warm.
Take some of the flour and spread it on your work surface. Pass the hot potatoes through a food mill, dropping them directly onto the spread-out flour. Take half of the remaining flour, and mix it in very lightly. Make a well in the center of the dough, and pour in the egg yolk mix. Add the nutmeg and knead until the dough is no longer moist, adding more flour if necessary.
Divide the dough into four equal pieces. On a lightly floured surface, roll out each piece of dough into a 3/4 inch thick tube. Then cut the tubes into 3/4 inch pieces. Using a fork, individually roll each gnocchi along the tines to form ridges on one side, and push your thumb into the other side to form a small well.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, then drop the gnocchi into the pot. When they rise to the surface, they're finished. Drain well, place in a large bowl, then toss with the margarine until all are fully coated.
Divide the gnocchi into individual bowls or plates, then garnish with the Salsa, Dr Cow Shavings and basil. Serve immediately.


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The mighty great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is often mistakenly thought of as the most voracious predator of the seas, and even has a reputation as a ferocious man-eater, something that sadly has been hugely exaggerated by the media. Their powerful body is supported by a cartilaginous skeleton (as opposed to the bone skeleton of most other vertebrates), is streamlined for efficient movement through the water, and has a pointed snout (5), two large, sickle-shaped pectoral fins and a large triangular first dorsal fin (6). The mouth is armed with an array of sharply pointed, serrated teeth; indeed the generic name is derived from the Greek word carcharos for ragged and odon for tooth (7). These sharks are grey or bronze on the upper surface of the body and are white underneath (5). They have an acute sense of smell and are able to sense electric fields through sensors in the snout (7).
Despite its worldwide notoriety, very little is known about the natural ecology and behaviour of the great white shark. These sharks are usually solitary or occur in pairs, although it is apparently a social animal that can also be found in small aggregations of 10 or more, particularly around a carcass (3) (6). Females are ovoviviparous; the pups hatch from eggs retained within their mother's body, and she then gives birth to live young (10). Great white sharks are particularly slow-growing, late maturing and long-lived, with a small litter size and low reproductive capacity (8). Females do not reproduce until they reach about 4.5 to 5 metres in length, and litter sizes range from two to ten pups (8). The length of gestation is not known but estimated at between 12 and 18 months, and it is likely that these sharks only reproduce every two or three years (8) (11). After birth, there is no maternal care, and despite their large size, survival of young is thought to be low (8).
Great whites are at the top of the marine food chain, and these sharks are skilled predators. They feed predominately on fish but will also consume turtles, molluscs, and crustaceans, and are active hunters of small cetaceans such as dolphins and porpoises, and of other marine mammals such as seals and sea lions (12). Using their acute senses of smell, sound location and electroreception, weak and injured prey can be detected from a great distance (7). Efficient swimmers, sharks have a quick turn of speed and will attack rapidly before backing off whilst the prey becomes weakened; they are sometimes seen leaping clear of the water (6). Great white sharks, unlike most other fish, are able to maintain their body temperature higher than that of the surrounding water using a heat exchange system in their blood vessels (11).
Great white sharks are found throughout the world's oceans mostly in temperate and sometimes warm waters but occasionally in cold environments (3). Recent scientific research using satellite tags has found that adults can undertake long return migrations across entire ocean basins and back, while juveniles stay closer to the shore, but can also undertake long-distance coastal migrations (8) (9).
The preferred habitats of the great white shark are coastal and offshore waters of the continental and insular shelves and offshore continental islands, but recent evidence suggests that adults are probably pelagic for much of the year, readily being found in oceanic waters from the surface to depths of 980 metres and possibly more (8) (9).
These sharks are sparsely distributed and have slow reproduction rates, factors making the population particularly vulnerable and slow to recover from depleted numbers (2). Although the population size is difficult to assess, evidence suggests that numbers have declined in several areas by up to 90 percent over the last 40 to 100 years (8) (13). Sharks caught either accidentally as bycatch or deliberately targeted are sold for their flesh, skins, oil and fins for shark-fin soup (8). The teeth and jaws of great white sharks are particularly valuable; a recently recovered specimen was valued at US$ 50,000 (8). Game fishing has increased in popularity recently and the great white shark is something of a holy grail for enthusiasts due to its great size, powerful resistance to capture, and reputation as the most dangerous fish in the sea (3) (7). Unfortunately, its inquisitive nature and tendency to investigate human activities, as well as to scavenge from fishing gear, makes this shark vulnerable to capture (3). This species is often found close to human settlements and habitat degradation, depletion of prey species, negative attitudes towards the shark, and shark fences to protect bathers further affect population numbers (3) (8). The great white shark is viewed with fear throughout much of its range, making conservation efforts difficult to initiate, and unwarranted, media-fanned campaigns to kill great whites have even occasionally occurred, following shark attacks or in anticipation of such attacks (3) (8).
The great white shark is protected in South Africa, Namibia, Australia, the USA and Malta (8) (13). The recent surge of interest in shark dives and ecotourism, especially in South Africa, southern Australia, and Guadalupe Island, Mexico, may provide a substantial local income and an important method of education (12). With effective legislation and policing, this tourist trade may well be a vital method of saving the species despite the complex issues involved (12). Vital research into this misunderstood fish is being carried out in countries such as Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa and the USA (8), and the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN) has prepared an International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks (IPOA-SHARKS) (14). Indeed, recent scientific findings that great whites regularly undergo long-distance, trans-boundary movements only highlight the need for international protective measures, with national legislation being no guarantee of survival of the species (8). However, further information gained from ongoing studies into their movements and the specific habitats the sharks utilise will hopefully provide the basis for designing appropriate protection measures to aid the survival of this remarkable shark around the world.
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Authenticated (24/07/2006) by Dr. Ramón Bonfil, specialist on sharks, fisheries, and great white shark ecology; and member of the IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group.
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For more than 10 years, Williams never had back to back games where he did not get on base safely, from July 14, 1940 to September 26, 1950.I need to repeat that:
For more than 10 years, Williams never had back to back games where he did not get on base safely, from July 14, 1940 to September 26, 1950.Even considering Williams's lifetime OBP of .482 -- the best in the sport's long history -- and the fact that he missed all of 1943, 1944 and 1945, this nearly defies belief.
I emailed Nowlin (he is, among many other things, the main editor of When Boston Still Had The Babe, a biography project on the 1918 Red Sox that I was part of) and this was Bill's reply:
The research which revealed that 10-year stretch was done by Herm Krabbenhoft of SABR, working from the daily records at the Hall of Fame. He was working on an article he published where he found that Ted holds the record for CGOBS (Consecutive Games On Base Safely): 84.So: Williams went back-to-back games without reaching base only four times over 18 seasons -- nearly his entire playing career.
Actually, the 10-year stretch properly reads: From July 14, 1940, through Sept. 26, 1950, Williams never had back-to-back games without reaching safely, if a couple of pinch-hit appearances in 1941 and '48 are discounted.
But on Sept. 27, 1950, he failed to reach base in a doubleheader - again, his lapse confined to one day. It was nearly four years later, in September 1954, that he went two straight games without reaching base. It happened just twice more, once in 1958 and once in his final season, 1960.


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Detroit's Metro Times weekly alternative newspaper has been bought by a newly formed Cleveland-based publishing group led by the publishers of two sister alt-weeklies.
Euclid Media Group LLC bought the Metro Times and three sibling weeklies from Scranton, Pa.-based publisher Times-Shamrock Communications for an undisclosed sum.
The sale was announced in a statement today.
Times-Shamrock put the Metro Times, Orlando Weekly, San Antonio Current, Cleveland Scene and Baltimore City Paper up for sale in August.
Today's announcement didn't include the Baltimore weekly. Three traditional U.S. daily newspapers, along with The Virgin Islands Daily News, also are for sale, Times-Shamrock said.
Times-Shamrock had owned Metro Times since 1999.
Euclid Media is led by Cleveland Scene publisher Chris Keating, San Antonio Current publisher Michael Wagner, and Andrew Zelman of Royal Chemical in Twinsburg, Ohio, according to the statement.
Euclid Mediafiled its articles of organization as a limited liability corporation with the state of Ohio on Nov. 14, online records show.
Metro Times Publisher Chris Sexson announced on his personal Facebook page on Dec. 9 that he tried to buy the newspaper, but he said his offer was rejected. He also said he is leaving the paper at the end of the year to become director of business development with Nashville-based SouthComm Inc., which published alternative weeklies in several cities, including Nashville; Washington D.C.; Cincinnati; Louisville; Tampa; Atlanta; and Charlotte.
The sale of Metro Times and its sister papers was promoted as a decision to refocus the company's efforts on its properties in Northeast Pennsylvania, said Times-Shamrock CEO George Lynett Jr. in a statement in August.
Bozeman, Mont.-based newspaper brokers Cribb, Greene & Associates were been hired to handle a sale, but it wasn't immediately clear if the firm brokered the sale announced today.
Metro Times is printed in Davisburg by Michigan Web Press.
Times-Shamrock bought the Metro Times and its building in February 1999, along with the Orlando Weekly and San Antonio Current, for a reported $21 million from Detroit-based Alternative Media Inc. That entity was owned by Metro Times co-founders Laura Markham and Ron Williams.
The free tabloid, published every Wednesday, was founded in 1980 and as of March 2012 reported a circulation of 59,979. It claims 701,400 weekly readers.
In 2010, the paper's weekly print run was 72,840, according to the "State of the News Media 2011" annual report from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism. In 1999, it was about 110,000 copies.
In the past three years, Metro Times reduced its circulation area — halting distribution in Windsor, Toledo and north of New Baltimore.
The paper, which has steadily reduced its staff, circulation area and how many issues it puts on the streets in recent years, has been unprofitable for some time, even with a brief surge in medical marijuana advertising, a source with knowledge of the newspaper's financial situation told Crain's for an August 2012 profile of the newspaper.
When the paper changed hands in 1999, it was estimated by industry trade group reports at the time to be taking in about $8 million annually in revenue.
It's unknown what that number is today.
In October, Metro Times left its downtown Detroit space at 733 St. Antoine St. near Greektown Casino after 33 years and moved into office space in Ferndale.
The paper's editorial content ranges from entertainment fare to investigations into city government.
The weekly has won its share of journalism awards, including some prestigious honors. In April 2011, Metro Times contributor John Carlisle, better known to readers as "Detroitblogger John" and now a reporter with the Detroit Free Press, was named Journalist of the Year by the Detroit chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Bryan Gottlieb was hired as Metro Times' editor-in-chief in March. He replaced W. Kim Heron, who had been editor since 2006 and left Metro Times in December to become a writer for the Troy-based Kresge Foundation.


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The Motorola DROID MAXX has a 3500 mAh battery, which is 200mAh more than its predecessor, and the kind of capacity only phablets get equipped with nowadays, and cited for up to 48 hours of battery life. That capacity is keeping the lights on a very interesting set of specs - 5" HD OLED display (not PenTile), 1.7 GHz homemade processor, 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal memory. Exact dimensions go as follows: 137.5x71.20x8.5 mm, so pretty thin despite the giant battery, and fairly light for a 5-incher at 160 grams, or 5.6 ounces.
The "Motorola X8 Mobile Computing System" SoC sports 1.7 GHz dual-core application processor, 400 MHz quad-core GPU, natural language processor, and a contextual computing processor, for an octa-core concoction, claims Moto. The 10 MP camera on the back sports the Clear Pixel technology, which applies different RGBC color filter than the traditional Bayer RGBG one, bringing in more photons at low-light scenarios thus dealing better with blur and noise, at least on theory.


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The first crop of set photos debuted today from director Joseph Kosinski's Oblivion, starring Tom Cruise and Olga Kurylenko. Though the plot of the sci-fi pic features Cruise as a veteran soldier banished to the surface of a ruined, post-apocalyptic world, these images are fairly bright and sunny (okay, maybe a little rainy) with a lot of smiling faces and intact infrastructure in the background. Are these pre-apocalyptic scenes from the opening of the film, a flashback within the story or just stars coming to work and smiling at the waiting cameras? Hard to tell at this point. It's also hard to tell exactly what this film is about without an official synopsis. Hit the jump for more on the story of Oblivion and a look at the first set photos. [Update: We've removed the unofficial images.]
Kosinski, the director of TRON: Legacy, is following his debut directorial effort up with Oblivion. At Cinemacon, Steve got to see some early footage and confirmed more plot details: Cruise's character is tasked with repairing ships that hunt down the aliens who destroyed our planet. When a mysterious woman (Andrea Riseborough) crash-lands nearby, their encounter sets off an eye-opening chain of events. The film also stars Morgan Freeman, Melissa Leo and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. The screenplay was adapted by William Monahan (The Departed) from the Kosinski and Arvid Nelson comicbook. Look for Oblivion to bow on April 26th, 2013.
The production had previously shot in Louisiana, but the following images were shot near New York City's Empire State Building.


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We will teach you reporting and the fundamentals of blogging. You will also learn much about the evolving nature of sports media in these ever-changing times. We're looking to have you start as soon as we can get you in here, so we'll see what we can do to have that meet your course requirements.
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Shortest Route to a 3D Throw Pillow1 Sep, 2010 By: Michele Bousquet
As use of Autodesk Revit increases, so does the demand for stock imagery, called entourage, to add detail to architectural presentations.
When Autodesk released Revit Architecture as a BIM solution for the masses, no one would have guessed that its throw pillows would get so much attention. Thanks to the inclusion of the mental ray renderer in Autodesk Revit 2010, what's rocking the worlds of architects and designers these days is the ability to add items such as chairs, lamps, pillows, and vases to their presentations.
Called "entourage," these elements, which include everything from people and cars to flowers and furniture, can be used to "place a building in the context of its environment and relate it to human scale." So says author and digital visualization expert Scott Onstott, who reports that the term originally was used in relation to traditional architectural illustration.
"Entourage adds realism and scale to a scene," says Strachan Forgan, an award-winning San Francisco architect and director of digital design at Sasaki Associates. "Entourage can transform a space into a place, and a house into a home."
Although such visual enhancements have been long been used in architectural renderings, the ease of adding entourage content to Revit designs is taking the process to a new level.
Flex Time
What's changed to make it easier to include entourage in renderings? First, think flexibility. Although Revit Architecture was intended as a tool for designing and documenting buildings — not for showcasing appliances and throw rugs — the extraordinary flexibility of Revit families can easily multiply one parametric window into many, so why not furniture and decorative items too? Build or download a parameterized sofa for your Revit model, and you get a matching loveseat and chair in the bargain. A vase can do double-duty as a planter, a fruit bowl, or even a fountain.
There's also the time element. Parameterization brings its own time savings, but with the addition of mental ray rendering to Revit, the most time-consuming and costly steps of the visualization pipeline — exporting the design, buying a separate application, and figuring out how to use it — have been eliminated. Gone are the days when an architect or designer had to buy and learn 3ds Max or Maya just to do a single full-color rendering.
Being able to render right in Revit has resulted in an explosion of Revit entourage for more sophisticated architectural presentations, even for architects and designers who skip the fancy renderings and present with hidden line drawings. Designers find that these props add not only dimension, but a sense of dynamic reality. They also generate results.
"We use entourage to give a sense of scale to a space," says Kathleen Scanlon at A4 Architecture & Planning in Rhode Island. "It also helps to enliven the design and get clients excited about being in it themselves." It's simple math: excited clients equal more sales.
Finding and Adding Entourage
Some Revit designers create their own libraries of entourage. However, many find their need for these items has outpaced what they can produce themselves, spurring them to turn to other sources.
"Three years ago, we were just starting to experiment with 3D modeling programs," says Scanlon. "Two years ago, we really started to see the potential of the new BIM software and began using Entourage in our client renderings. Now we keep pushing ourselves to create more and more realistic renderings, but we find ourselves limited in the content we've collected."
Revit models of doors, windows, and structural elements are often available free from the manufacturer's web site or from sites such as Autodesk Seek, but most furniture is not. And what about pillows, planters, lamps, curtains, cars — even trees and people? You won't find these types of families offered by manufacturers.
TurboSquid member RVT Custom Content built this indoor pool scene using Revit families published to the company's 3D marketplace, including the decorative arch door at right.
Fortunately, several web sites have sprung up to fill this need, including our site, TurboSquid, as well as RevitCity, ArchVision, and even Google 3D Warehouse for Sketchup files that can be imported into Revit. Content at TurboSquid, RevitCity, and Google is created and uploaded by the user community, while ArchVision generates its own content.
Find what you need. Web sites vary as to categories and search method. TurboSquid's 4,000-plus Revit families can be searched by keyword or category, such as furniture, plants, lamps, and decor. RevitCity's 9,800 models are organized by master format. ArchVision's catalog is broken into major categories such as people and automobiles, while the free Google 3D Warehouse organizes its huge SketchUp database by keyword only. All the sites except Google require you to create a free account before you can download, and all let you browse thumbnails to visually find the right model.
Add it to your Revit model. You can download the family instantly (after paying, if necessary). Sometimes the Revit family is contained in a ZIP file, in which case you'll need to unzip it with a utility such as WinZip before proceeding. Then drag and drop the RFA file into a Revit project, or insert it with the File menu > Load from Library > Load Family command.
Repeat. A bonus is that once you find a model that fills a certain need, you can reuse it in project after project.
Free vs. Paid Content
Once you download a model to incorporate in your visualization, you'll probably need to do some tweaking to get it to suit your needs. Highly parameterized entourage, which is typically the most expensive, can be resized quickly and easily. Entourage with little or no parameterization is typically low-cost or free, but will usually require some level of manual resizing to suit your needs.
The only way to determine the level of parameterization on a Revit family before you download it is to check the item's product description, if it carries one. If the item has no description at all — which is often the case with free content — you won't know what you're getting until you load it into Revit.
As the designer, it's up to you to weigh the model's cost against the time required to make that model usable. When time is tight, designers often turn to paid content to save themselves trouble. "Spending $5 for a good-quality chair which flexes properly and has materials preassigned speeds up the design process a great deal," says Roger Cusson, BIM (building information modeling) consultant at RK Studios.
Jackie Stephens, founder and director of Europe-based Incognito Studio, notes, "It's better for me to invest in a well-built model than to try and build it myself. For a little money I can save a lot of time, and I know I'll reuse [the models]." Paid content usually also comes with customer support. TurboSquid, with most families in the $5–20 range, offers 24-hour live chat support and a flex-test guarantee on every purchase. ArchVision, with annual subscription plans at $349 and $499 tiers as well as individual collections in the $99–399 range, offers a variety of ways to contact customer support.
More Entourage, Please
It's a safe bet that as the desire grows for entourage and Revit families, so too will the creativity involved, as well as the variety and quality. And with the improvements in BIM and advances such as parametric Revit families, building design has become more personal, cooperative, and fun for everyone involved. As fashion maven Donna Karan once said, "I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people."
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|Dev: 2D Boy
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: 2D Boy
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Oct. 12, 2008
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-4
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Everyone
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Upon launch earlier this year, one of the most promising aspects of Nintendo's WiiWare service was its potential to provide support to independent development efforts on a major gaming console. Indie developers often get far less credit than they deserve. Their ideas and projects contribute greatly to the rich lifeblood flowing through the gaming community, but it's the big budget blockbuster hits that often get the most attention and praise. All of this is about to change, with the release of 2D Boy's runaway smash World of Goo.
Though the bulk of the work on World of Goo was done by a core team of two individuals (who also happen to be former EA employees), it's easily the most impressive WiiWare offering to date. That's not hyperbole; it's a testament to what a little offbeat artistic creativity and a few like-minded individuals with a passion for coding can accomplish. It proves amazing games don't always require tremendous budgets and large development teams to pull off. Forget all of the hype you've previously heard. 2D Boy's WiiWare debut far exceeds any and all expectations.
The framework on which World of Goo's immensely absorbing realm of physics-based puzzle weirdness is built is deceptively simple. Small blobs of living goo must be snatched up and placed together to construct all manner of unwieldy scaffolding. These flexibly jiggling mounds and towers act as a play structure to masses of bustling goo, which must travel along their girth to reach drainage pipes located at the end of each level. You'll frequently have to make efficient use of your gooey structure designs, since a minimum number of the little blobs must remain intact to be sucked up into the pipe to proceed. It sounds easy, and it is at first, but the game continually introduces new inventive ideas and obstacles that ingeniously build on concepts laid out in previous levels. Also, gravity can either wreak havoc with your plans or prove helpful, depending on your particular approach to a level. Layer upon layer of clever innovation is thrown into the mix as the challenges progress, making for some tricky and extremely clever puzzles.
What initially appears to be a straightforward series of puzzles quickly evolves into a very strange story. The tale is a little too peculiar to try to quantify, but it packs equal parts wit, social commentary, and dark humor into its winding girth. While brief cutscenes in between some levels help connect the dots, much of the narrative comes in the form of messages scattered throughout each level by a mysterious character called the Sign Painter. The signs add a surprising amount of personality to the different settings, often offering a humorous perspective, and give subtle clues on ways to accomplish your mission.
Perhaps even more crucial than the warped story is the way it meshes spectacularly with the highly stylish visuals and the spot-on audio to create a deep and seamless interactive realm that draws you in further with each passing moment. World of Goo is set in a delightfully twisted and colorful world featuring a decidedly Tim Burton-esque flavor. It's creepy at some moments and playful at others. Realistic sound effects increase the fun of interacting with objects. Background music ranges broadly to suit each level. It can be funky and hip, tense and ominous, and dramatically pretty at different times. This all comes together in just the right way to deliver an unbeatable presentation.
Word of Goo's level designs ooze a similar brilliance. Crossing expansive ravines, navigating dangerously spike-filled corridors, working your way through the intestines of a nasty beast, floating high in the sky tethered to balloons, and blowing frantically close to whirling windmills are some of the many situations your gooey pals will find themselves in. The creativity injected into each level is off the charts. Rarely are any design concepts repeated, and in the few instances where they are, other elements are brought in to make it a fresh playthrough. As you progress deeper into the game, you'll grow to appreciate the unusual and inventive way each new level comes together. Gameplay doesn't get stale in any of the games 40+ levels. The difficulty increases exponentially, but each new hurdle is a joy to tackle. An option to skip a limited number of levels and another that lets you take back a finite number of moves within a level keeps things from getting too frustrating when the going gets tough.


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April 20, 2014
Book Review - Blood & Beauty: A novel of the Borgias by Sarah Dunant
What a superb historical feast, plunging us back into Renaissance Italy with Rodrigo Borgia scheming his way into the Papacy, thus opening the door for his children, particularly Cesare and Lucrezia, to take their place on history's page. This is a cruel, beautiful, corrupt world and the Borgias were clever, violent and crafty by turns as they fought to secure their family's future. Dynastic marriages, shifting alliances and the new technology of war are all in their arsenal as the Pope strives to cement his preeminent position in Europe over a motley crew of Kings, Dukes and Princes. A very good read! I was pleased to hear Sarah on The First Tuesday Book Club late in 2013, saying she was reading Machiavelli's The Prince (allegedly based on Cesare Borgia) for research for Book 2. Wendy
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Specialized Camber Comp 29er (Robin Weaver/Future Publishing)
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have had a stranglehold on the mountain bike market for many years now, and for
good reason – they make good bikes that cater for every type of rider. The 2013
line-up looks massively impressive and will no doubt further cement their
credentials as one of the big names in the MTB world.
Having been in the bike business since 1974, Specialized understand the impact bikes can have on individuals. "Cycling changes
lives," said founder Mike Sinyard. He went on to
say that "any ideas of how you can expand on what you can do with a bicycle let's
more people into the sport". This statement couldn't be more appropriate for
Specialized's Enduro range. Built to tackle the ultimate in mountain biking,
the Enduro gets the full overhaul for 2013.
The idea
behind the bike is simple – based on the successful Enduro platform
from 2012, the latest incarnation is designed to "climb higher and descend
the frame remains roughly the same, using the X-Wing design, short 419mm
chainstays, a 350mm bottom bracket height and suitably slack 66.5-degree head angle. There's
still the tapered head tube, ISCG 05 mounts and a 142x12mm rear axle, plus a new PF30 BB.
significant, though, are the changes to the FSR layout and tweaks to the suspension kinematics. These have created a bike that's more responsive when you
hammer the pedals, and get rid of the wallow previous versions of the Enduro
could suffer from. Specialized see gravity enduro-style racing
gathering momentum, which is what's helped push the development of a more efficient system.
The shock
mount configuration is now similar to that of the Stumpjumper FSR, using the
shock block that mounts directly to the base of the shock at the lower mount. This means the shock pivots on cartridge bearings rather than DU bushes, making it more sensitive to movement and more durable.
wise, the bike is still designed around a 160mm travel fork but now boasts
165mm of rear wheel travel.
Other changes include a shorter head tube, new graphics and internal
routing to accept a dropper post. The rest of the geometry stays the same.
than the S-Works, the Enduros receive the AutoSag shock
setup system.
S-Works highlights
Specialized's top-flight, FACT IS-X 11M carbon front triangle is paired with an M5 aluminium rear
end on the S-Works Enduro. It comes shod with some of the finest equipment ever to have graced the
mountain bike world. This includes:
– A Cane
Creek Double Barrel air shock, which offers masses of adjustment.
– New
Roval Traverse SL carbon all-mountain wheelset (more on this later).
– Custom
Avid X0 Trail brakes featuring new four-piston callipers.
– Fox
34 TALAS CTD fork with Kashima-coated stanchions and 160mm of travel.
– Specialized
Command Post BlackLite dropper post.
XX1 11-speed transmission featuring the all new 1×11 setup. This uses a
10-42T cassette and single 36T ring with the 34T and 22T included should you
wish to mix things up a little.
claim the S-Works Enduro weighs in at an amazing 25.9lb (11.7kg).
A price on
the S-Works is still to be confirmed. Availability-wise, we should see every Enduro model other than the S-Works (due to the wait on the SRAM XX1 transmission) in
the shops around October.
are firm believers in the 29in wheel movement. So much so that certain 2013 lines will only feature 29er wheels, the Camber being one of them.
gone to great lengths to provide 29ers that will suit riders all of all sizes,
tweaking geometry along with considering how they spec each bike and each
size of bike to produce the ultimate fit. It's looking at this 'complete
package' that drives the company's '29ers for all' ethos.
Camber Pro and Expert Carbon will also benefit from the Fox Shox weight
reduction on the 32 fork. Both models will offer thus improved, custom, 110mm travel
M5 aluminium frames
For 2013,
the Camber range expands to include new alloy models sculpted from Specialized's highest grade M5 aluminium, with greatly improved, 29er specific geometry. These
new models are known as the Base (the entry-level bike) and the Comp.
Key to
the Camber's new M5 frame is the improved standover height. By shadowing the carbon counterparts' blueprint, Specialized can ensure that the new M5 frame offers a 23mm
lower top tube on the small frame. A large drops by 26mm compared to
the older, alloy framed Cambers.
The top tube is lower on the M5 aluminium frame of the Camber
in order to create this reduction in standover height, the front
triangle had to be compacted and a shorter head tube used. On
the small frame, this caused a specific issue, which is why a special rubber
fork crown stop has been integrated into the down tube to prevent the fork crown
impacting and damaging the tubing should the bars spin in a crash.
Again, on
the small frame, the lower standover also helps reduce weight by creating
a smaller head tube/seat tube/down tube, requiring a smaller weld and
reduced tube butting without impacting on strength.
Out back,
there's 110mm of rear wheel travel, all controlled via either a Fox or
RockShox AutoSag equipped shock and driven by the new concentric link.
Specialized claim the new concentric link helps reduce frame weight yet
increase stiffness.
are now better sealed, to keep things smoother for longer and easier to
Comp 29 highlights
The Camber Comp
features the newly improved M5 aluminium frame and includes the following spec
hydroformed tubing with 29er specific geometry, a tapered head tube, dropper post
routing, 142x12mm rear dropouts, a PF30 BB and 110mm of rear wheel travel.
– Custom
RockShox Monarch RL with AutoSag.
– Specialized
Ground Control 2Bliss Ready tyres.
– Custom
SRAM S1250 2×10 chainset with bash ring.
claimed weight for the Comp is 28.1lb (12.7kg).
Cambers should be available in August, and the likes of the Comp will set you
back £2,000.
covered the 2013 Demo already, but this beast is always worth a mention.
have said the latest carbon incarnation of the bike is lighter, stronger and the "raddest complete race bike" – so a lot to live up to, then.
While the
Team Replica receives the rather custom 135mm rear axle spacing and 7-speed
cassette, the Carbon Demo 8 I will stick with the more standard 150mm spacing
but feature all the same geometry as the S-Works.
S-Works Carbon Demo 8 Team Replica highlights
With only
250 of these special bikes in the pipeline, it's no wonder they come with the
best of the best aboard. This includes:
– New
FACT 11M carbon front triangle with M5 rear end and 200mm of rear wheel travel.
– The
unique FSR with sub seatstay design allowing for ultimate kinematic suspension tuning.
– Beefed-up down tube in critical areas to protect against rock strikes, as well as an aerospace polymer down tube protector.
– Reworked
drivetrain to improve clearance. This includes Specialized's micro drive
system, which uses the 32T chainring and a 7-speed rear cassette. The
cassette features a 9T sprocket, so requires a custom DT Swiss
freehub body.
– New
135mm rear axle spacing to improve heel clearance.
– RockShox
Boxxer World Cup with BlackBox Black Gold stanchions and 200mm of travel.
– A RockShox Vivid shock that's likely to be upgraded to the custom
shock Sam Hill is running.
X0 DH transmission and brakes.
– Specialized
Sip Grip – half waffle, aramid infused custom grip.
The Team Replica version of the Carbon Demo 8
claimed weight for the S-Works Carbon Demo 8 Team Replica is 35.8lb (16.2kg).
If you're
looking to buy one of the 250 full builds it will likely set you back in the
region of £9,000. Fear not, though – it will be available as a frame-only for £3,500.
The Epic
line-up is also set to go 29er only for 2013. The big news here, though, is the
introduction of the Marathon model, which should help span the gap between the S-Works
and Expert Epics.
Marathon highlights
Here's what stood
out for us:
– New
graphics on the carbon frame help to reduce weight by a claimed 90g.
– Carbon
seatstays and M5 aluminium chainstays.
– Due
to numerous consistency issues with Avid brakes, there's been a switch to the
Magura MT brakes for many Specialized bikes in 2013. The Marathon uses the MT6 brakes.
X0 10-speed Grip Shift.
– Fox
Brain rear shock and RockShox Brain fork.
The Epic
Marathon will cost £5,000.
of the range to go 29er only for 2013. And, as with the Epic, a Marathon model is being introduced to bridge the gap between the S-Works
and Expert models. The Marathon model looks set to cost £3,800.
The new Marathon version of the Specialized Stumpjumper hardtail
Stumpjumper hardtails will now use Magura brakes, and there's a Chisel fork (a carbon, rigid suspension corrected
fork) on the Stumpjumper Expert EVO R. This also features 1×10 gearing.
Stumpjumper FSR goes largely unchanged for 2013 in terms of design and
geometry. A full carbon model has been introduced, as well as the
new Comp EVO, which comes in at a reasonable £2,000 considering the package on
The Comp EVO version of the Stumpjumper FSR, new for 2013
Both the standard FSR and EVO models will be available with 26in and 29in wheels.
The guys
at Specialized are firm believers in introducing new riders to mountain biking, and
the Carve is a great example of their commitment to entry-level riders. It's also another bike to go 29er only for 2013.
Specialized were also adamant that improvements needed to be made to enable this well-priced bike to be raced if
the riders wanted to. To
do this, Specialized focused on making the bike lighter and improving its control.
This was done by introducing a new, lighter wheelset that
uses a new rim extrusion. They also upgraded the fork – the entire range only uses
air-sprung forks, to improve tenability and increase travel to 100mm compared
to the previous 80mm. Head tube height has been decreased, though. On top of all
this, the drivetrain has had a seeing to and now offers a custom SRAM
2×10 chainset with 29er specific gearing.
To help
improve concerning, Specialized raised the BB a smidge over the previous
Comp highlights
competitive entry-level beast has plenty on offer for those keen to get into
mountain biking:
M4 alloy frame has cross-country specific geometry and is fully butted and uses
smooth welds. There's a tapered head tube and forged post-mount rear disc mount.
– RockShox
Recon Gold TK SA solo air 29 SL fork with 100mm of travel and a PushLoc remote
lockout lever.
– Avid
Elixir 1 brakes.
– Custom
SRAM S1250 2×10 chainset.
Specialized claim they've knocked 3.6lb off the Carve Comp, which will cost £1,200.
When it
comes to other significant news across Specialized's 2013 range, it's worth noting that
both the Rockhopper and Hardrock will soon only be available with 29in wheels.
650b question…
As for going over to the much-hyped new wheel size of 650b (27.5in),
Specialized openly said that they were reluctant to make the switch while there's limited size-specific equipment available (forks, wheels, tyres, and so on)
to let them do what they want.
On top of that, they also remarked on the
minimal difference you get jumping from 26in to 650b wheels compared to
going from 26in to 29in wheels.
there are no 650b machines for 2013, Specialized were quick to point out they
wouldn't rule it out in the future.
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There may be no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation, as Pierre Trudeau once famously pointed out, but apparently there is a place for an iPhone application.
Specifically ones that turn your bedroom into a sleep lab, tracking your slumber and delivering a report that records how much sleep you got.
Not just the hours you were in bed -- but the time you spent in deep sleep, in REM sleep and in that half-awake time when you're either cursing the neighbours for waking you up or worried about something that is coming between you and your rest.
I've been trying out Lexware Labs Sleep Cycle, a bio-alarm clock (one of several available) that uses your i Phone's accelerometer to monitor your movement to determine whether you are in a deep sleep, in REM sleep or waking. You set the alarm, the Sleep Cycle app determines at what point in a 30-minute window that you're in your lightest sleep phase, supposedly making it easier to wake up refreshed and ready to go.
It showed something I knew already -- I often wake up in the middle of the night. And I didn't always want to wake up when it thought I should.
But is my iPhone really telling me how long I spend in each sleep phase or is it just producing cool-looking graphs I can share with my friends on Facebook?
I asked Dr. Charles Czeisler, professor of sleep medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief, division of sleep medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
As a sleep phase measurement tool, it didn't make the grade.
"I haven't seen any studies validating the ability to determine what stage of sleep you are in based on movement," said Czeisler. He said there is muscular paralysis when you are in REM sleep, but you also don't move a lot when you are in deep sleep. That is one factor that makes it difficult to determine sleep phase based on move-movement alone.
"I would be surprised if that claim could be substantiated," he said.
Czeisler's advice? If you need an alarm clock to wake up, you're not getting get-enough sleep.
"People need to get enough sleep, and if they are getting enough sleep they should be able to awake spontaneously," he said. "You do not want to truncate your sleep early.
"The very fact people are relying on alarm clocks means they are not getting enough sleep," he said. "Developing technologies designed to help cut your sleep short is not something I would recommend."
Not getting enough sleep can have serious heath implications. So before you boast you can get by on five hours of sleep a night, consider that insufficient sleep can result in everything from an inability to learn, to at worst case, illness and premature death.
Sleep Cycle is a 99-cent app so I wasn't expecting it to replace a clinical sleep study. But Czeisler said if such programs help raise awareness of sleep issues, that could be useful.
"I don't think they are a substitute for getting a diagnostic evaluation, but they might motivate people to seek help," he said.
Robin Hamman has been tracking his sleep and his graphs show something he already knew -- that he tends to wake up at several intervals during the night, a habit formed with the arrival of his children, now aged two and four.
"My sleep has been consistently broken ever since the arrival of our first child," Hamman wrote in answer to my questions after I saw his Sleep Cycle patterns posted on his Facebook page. " Both myself and my wife have trouble remembering a time when we went to bed at night and didn't wake up until the morning or, for that matter, felt fully rested when we did wake up."
The idea of using his iPhone to track sleep fit with Hamman's digital lifestyle.
"Simply making patterns more visible can provide some interesting insights," he said.
Alison Gothard, spokeswoman for the Sleep Wake Disorders Association of Toronto, said while an iPhone app could be useful for recording information such as the time you go to bed and the time you get up, she questions the effectiveness of relying on movement to rate your sleep phase.
She suggests if you're more than simply curious about how you're sleeping, it may be time to see a sleep specialist.
"The biggest sleep disorder in the population is sleep apnea," said Gothard. "Approximately one in four people have it.
"People are either afraid to get it checked out or they don't know how severe the problem is. If you are feeling really, really tired, this app might help get a baseline for what your sleep timing is like, but it wouldn't be a replacement for seeing a sleep specialist."
Daniel Gartenberg, whose company, Proactive Life, has created the iPhone app Proactive Sleep, said that application tracks your sleep based on when you go to bed and set your alarm. It also has a game to play in the morning to assess how awake you are -- and to help you wake up.
Gartenberg said his application doesn't try to figure out what sleep phase people are in because "from what I know there's not really a viable way to do it."
"You can set a sleep goal, we give you feedback on that goal," he said. "We're trying to be more of an education tool."
The Reggie White Sleep Disorders & Research Foundation also had education in mind when it developed an iPhone app.
"Our app is more to give people an idea whether or not they are at risk," said Steve Gardner, executive director of the foundation.
"Basically, we are looking at the vast majority of people out there who have sleep apnea but don't know they have it.
"We wanted to put an app out there that people could get for free, answer some questions and get an assessment of whether or not they are at risk."


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Nayak says: "It will be very difficult for an outsider to manage HAL"
by Ajai Shukla
HAL Bangalore
Business Standard, 31st Oct 11
After 38 years with Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, the aerospace giant's chairman and managing director, Ashok Nayak, will step down on October 31. There has been controversy on his successor, with the Air Force proposing an air marshal, a sidelined HAL director going to court, and the government finally choosing R K Tyagi, the current chief of Pawan Hans Helicopters.
Q. After you retire, HAL will be led by someone from outside HAL. Would an outsider be well placed to lead it into a technologically challenging future?
It will be very difficult for an outsider to manage HAL. The variety and the challenges are vast and not easily comprehensible even to insiders, at times. It will definitely be a challenge to an outsider, especially given the level of indigenisation (that we aspire to) and our efforts to manufacture aircraft inside the country.
You cannot come from outside, change the basic principle of indigenisation that we follow and then claim HAL has become a more efficient organisation. You have to have the same principles when anyone else comes.
Q. With a number of senior directors retiring in your wake, is HAL facing a leadership crisis?
Retirement is a law of life and we saw these bunched retirements coming. We proposed a restructuring plan to the government to control the sudden efflux of senior officials. We had proposed that the retirement age be raised from 60 years to 62 years for a short period of time, for a particular level of officers. This is under the government's consideration.
Q. What have been the main achievements and highlights of your tenure as chief?
Our biggest achievement has been to keep up the tempo of our order book. On order with HAL today are 57 Hawk trainers, 73 Sitara Intermediate Jet Trainers, a second batch of 20 more Tejas Light Combat Aircraft and 12 Dorniers for the Coast Guard. An additional order for 42 additional Sukhoi-30MKIs is at an advanced stage (of processing).
The structural legacy that I will leave HAL is a strong ERP system for our manufacturing operations.
Q. HAL's critics charge it is content as a licensed builder of foreign aircraft. It has built 600-700 MiGs, but does not design Indian planes.
This is a harsh judgement. HAL designed the HT-2 trainer years ago. We designed the Kiran, which the IAF aerobatics team (Surya Kiran) is flying… more than 250 Kirans have been built. We developed the HPT-32 trainer, which has flown more than 400,000 hours. Today it has problems and has been grounded (by the IAF), but that is a different issue.
Then, we developed the HF-24 Marut fighter, and built more than 120 Maruts for the IAF… pilots reminisce about these even today. It was prevented from being a thumping success by foreign countries, which ensured it was not supplied with a suitable engine. And, from the Marut, we went on to develop the Tejas and the Sitara trainer.
Now we will co-develop the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) with Russia. That is more daunting than all the other projects combined. So, we must be given due credit.
Q. HAL must now cope with a rush of licensed manufacture: Hawk, Su-30 MKI, the MMRCA, LCA, IJT, a whole stream of helicopters… and then the MTA and the FGFA. How will you manage all this?
The Hawk production line is well set… as also the manufacture of the Su-30 MKI. We will build the Sitara IJT in Kanpur, while a dedicated division in Bangalore will build the Tejas LCA. The production line of the Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter is also well set. We are building 25-30 helicopters per year and eagerly awaiting further orders.
Our basic plan is to raise our manufacturing capabilities by sub-contracting and outsourcing many more components to private vendors. In fact, we are trying to graduate into the outsourcing of entire sub-assemblies. For the Sukhoi-30 MKI line at Nashik, we have sub-contracted larger components, including the empennage and the control surfaces. But, there are limitations — this requires more investment from the sub-contractors and a longer-term commitment from them.
Q. There is a school of thought that HAL is too big and should be broken into smaller, nimbler companies to unlock its potential.
The global trend in defence corporations is towards consolidation, rather than breaking into smaller companies. Look at how many big companies have merged to form Boeing, Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems.
Besides, HAL is a highly interwoven and interrelated company. To build a Dornier in Kanpur, the landing gear and the engine have to go from Bangalore. Many other components are being built in Lucknow. A centralised HAL brings all this together. Otherwise, with two or more different managing directors involved… remember, we are dealing with equals. If we break down into 'nimble' companies, we might find this synergy gone.
Q. HAL always complains about orders being placed piecemeal...
Our disadvantage is small numbers, because we cannot buy parts in bulk or set up large facilities in anticipation. For example, we have just received an IAF order for 20 Tejas fighters. I know that we will finally build some 200 Tejas, but can I set up, at this stage, a factory that can build 20-30 LCAs per year? I can't, and so my unit price will be higher than it could be if a bulk order was placed. These are the systemic challenges.
Q. There has been criticism of HAL's management of its huge cash reserves; this year, these will cross '10,000 crore. Why are they are not productively deployed?
It is true that we are conservative in deploying reserves to set up our facilities. This will all change for the big manufactures coming up: the Dhruv helicopter, the Light Combat Helicopter, the Light Utility Helicopter, and the MMRCA (medium fighter). New facilities are required to be set up and we will use our reserves for that. We intend to make systemic changes, improving our design facilities by bringing in tools like rapid prototyping.
Q. Looking back, how has HAL evolved over the years?
During my 38 years in HAL, we have grown into a far more professional aerospace organisation. Earlier, the thrust was on areas like maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO). Now, it is on high-tech areas like composites and engine technologies. The Su-30 MKI's engine, the AL-31FP that we build at Koraput, is in a class of its own in complexity. Finally, we have grown the Indian aerospace sector by developing a network of suppliers.
Q. Has HAL's working environment changed as the company grew?
HAL has actually grown smaller. In the mid-1980s, it had 40,000 people. Now, we've right-sized to 34-35,000 people, with more turnover being achieved by less because of continuous improvements in the processes of design, manufacture and production.
Q. What are your plans hereafter? Will you remain in the aerospace industry?
I'm not supposed to do anything for a year, so I will relax after 38 years of work. When that 'cooling down' period finishes, I will see. Some people have approached me, but I have not made any commitment. And, whatever I do will be far removed from HAL.


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Tithonium Chasma up close
These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show part of Tithonium Chasma, a major trough at the western end of the Valles Marineris canyon on Mars.
The images were taken during orbit 887 with a ground resolution of approximately 13 metres per pixel.
The displayed region is located at the beginning of the canyon system at about latitude 5° South and longitude 280° East. North is to the right of the image.
Tithonium Chasma extends roughly from east to west and runs parallel to Ius Chasma.
It ranges from approximately 10 to 110 kilometres wide, narrows in an easterly (top to bottom) direction and has a maximum depth of about 3.5 to 4 kilometres.
The colour image covers the eastern part of Tithonium Chasma. Along the slopes of the trough (centre), linear features due to erosion are visible. At the base of the northern wall (on the right of the black and white image), an apron of material has a longitudinal ridge pattern and may have been caused by a large landslide (see close-up, right).
Dune fields are scattered throughout the trough, including the north-east portion of a crater. A string of depressions on the plains in the south-west of the image may be caused by surface collapse. These features are common to this region and extend parallel to Valles Marineris.
Nearby, prominent linear features are visible and may be faults associated with the formation of the Tharsis Rise, located to the west of Valles Marineris and extending to a height of 8 to 10 kilometres. Some of these faults can be seen faintly extending into the trough.
In the eastern part of the trough, an interesting hill exhibits linear features. These structures are highlighted in the following close-up and perspective views and could have been caused by fluvial or 'aeolian' (wind-related) erosion. The darker material to the south of this hill is thought to be underlying material that has been exposed by wind erosion.
By cutting deep into the Martian surface, this area of Valles Marineris provides a window into geological and climatic history of the planet. Valles Marineris has had a complex evolution and has been shaped by tectonic, volcanic and glacial processes, as well as possibly fluvial or aeolian erosion.
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NEWS RELEASE: U.S. Senators Introduce Bill To Protect Billfish. Prohibited under this Bill is the importation of Billfish (including billfish parts for taxidermy.) see more....
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Men's lacrosse is a contact game played by ten players: a goalie, three defensemen, three midfielders and three attackmen. The object of the game is to shoot the ball into the opponent's goal. The team scoring the most goals wins.
Each team must keep at least four players, including the goalie, in its defensive half of the field and three in its offensive half. Three players (midfielders) may roam the entire field.
Collegiate games are 60 minutes long, with 15-minute quarters. Generally, high school games are 48 minutes long, with 12-minute quarters. Likewise, youth games are 32 minutes long, with eight-minute quarters. Each team is given a two-minute break between the first and second quarters, and the third and fourth quarters. Halftime is ten minutes long.
Teams change sides between periods. Each team is permitted two timeouts each half. The team winning the coin toss chooses the end of the field it wants to defend first.
The players take their positions on the field: four in the defensive clearing area, one at the center, two in the wing areas and three in their attack goal area.
Men's lacrosse begins with a face-off. The ball is placed between the sticks of two squatting players at the center of the field. The official blows the whistle to begin play. Each face-off player tries to control the ball. The players in the wing areas can run after the ball when the whistle sounds. The other players must wait until one player has gained possession of the ball, or the ball has crossed a goal area line, before they can release.
Center face-offs are also used at the start of each quarter and after a goal is scored. Field players must use their crosses to pass, catch and run with the ball. Only the goalkeeper may touch the ball with his hands. A player may gain possession of the ball by dislodging it from an opponent's crosse with a stick check. A stick check is the controlled poking and slapping of the stick and gloved hands of the player in possession of the ball.
Body checking is permitted if the opponent has the ball or is within five yards of a loose ball. All body contact must occur from the front or side, above the waist and below the shoulders, and with both hands on the stick. An opponent's crosse may also be stick checked if it is within five yards of a loose ball or ball in the air. Aggressive body checking is discouraged.
If the ball or a player in possession of the ball goes out of bounds, the other team is awarded possession. If the ball goes out of bounds after an unsuccessful shot, the player nearest to the ball when and where it goes out of bounds is awarded possession.
An attacking player cannot enter the crease around the goal, but may reach in with his stick to scoop a loose ball.
A referee, umpire and field judge supervise field play. A chief bench official, timekeepers and scorers assist.
If you stand still, it makes it very easy for a defender to cover you. Unless you are participating in a play where you are specifically not to be looking for the ball, you generally want to be moving to try to get open. Don't make the man with the ball run all over the place to get an open pass to you; move with him so that he can pass you the ball.
Sometimes you have a specific offense to run. More often, you need to be flexible and work with the flow of the game to get men in position to score. This means moving well with and without the ball, setting picks for your teammates (but remember: no moving picks!), and moving in whichever way leaves somebody open, with the ball, on the crease. This is something that comes with playing time; sometimes it's better to pass around the outside until you get an opening, sometimes it's better to drive in quickly. Test the defense and see what they can do.
On defense, you have a simple job: keep the ball out of the cage. Though the goalie is ultimately the last obstacle to a goal, your job is to make his job
easier. First off, don't let someone have an open lane to the cage. If someone beats his man, the next defender needs to slide to pick the cutter up. Then another defender needs to slide to pick up the newly open man. When this slide works well, the furthest man from the ball is open and the man with the ball is blocked and/or on the ground. If you're a big defenseman and somebody cuts in, let him know you're there. Make him prefer not to cut in for the shot.
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Senior Advocates announce trip to Circa 21
SOLON– "Lonesome Road," the musical tribute to the late Hank Williams, will be playing at the Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island and the Senior Advocates are planning a trip, Wednesday, Jan. 16, not just for seniors, but anyone who would enjoy memories of this country music icon. Ticket price is $40. Additional donations will be applied to fuel charges and support for the Old Gold Senior Dining site manager's position. Call 319-624-2710 to register or sign up at Old Gold Dining.


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The life of the sailor revolved around meals. The mess, typically 4 to 8 men, constituted the social organization aboard ship and meals provided the high points in days filled with monotony. Each mess was assigned a number, HMS Victory, for instance, had 165 separate messes. As a former infantryman, I can attest that the single hot meal we received daily on extended deployments was a similar high point.
Meal times were sacrosanct. According to Janet MacDonald in Feeding Nelson's Navy, when Sir Edward Pellew took over the East Indies squadron in 1805 all meal times were dictated by signals from his flagship and Nelson's standing orders stated musters and drills could not take place during meal times.


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This is an excerpt from Abs Revealed by Jonathan Ross.
If you ask enough people this question, you'll get equally passionate and well-reasoned responses that will be paradoxically both contradictory and logical. Should you do your ab exercises first, last, or in the middle of your other exercises? Does it even matter? You can approach the answer to this question in many ways. As with many questions in life, more than one right answer exists. Unfortunately, it's also one of those areas in which people just want a simple, straightforward, one-size-fits-all approach.
By now, you know the importance of having strong and capable inner and outer abs. You also know that the inner abs have the primary task of preventing movement or creating stability to allow effective movement. These muscles are designed for endurance because they have to be stable all day long, both in and out of your workout routine. Thus, the textbook answer, based on the scientific and anatomical perspectives, is to train the abs last. If you fry your ab muscles and then hop under a bar for squats, you compromise your ability to use the abs to stabilize the trunk and protect the spine during this total-body lift.
What if you're one of those people who, when putting your ab exercises at the end of your workout, always skips them or puts in minimal effort? Maybe you run out of energy, run out of time, or simply hate training your abs. This just means that you don't like the burning feeling you experience in the abs when you train them hard. The science collides with the reality of your preferences, and your preferences usually win. You wind up skipping exercises, doing fewer reps, or giving less than your best effort while performing the movements. This pattern isn't going to work if you want great abs. In this case, it may be best to break the rules. Yes, break the rules!
How do you break the rules the right way? The key to success with any exercise program is presenting your body with a stimulus that is progressively challenging. If you ask it to work harder than usual, your body will get better at doing what it is asked. Suppose you are fine with working your abs last; it's a good fit for you and you get great results doing it. At some point, your body adapts to the workout. You can change the exercises, but you can also provide a new challenge in many other ways. If you've been doing things in the correct order for a while, try moving your ab exercises to the beginning of your workout to make your abs work little harder during the other exercises. This is another example of when it's okay to break the rules. However, don't get the impression that the rules are pointless. The reality is that human physiology is complex, so you may need a bit of wiggle room. Still, you must have a purpose and a reason for doing these workouts. Here's a quick review of the guidelines that can help you decide when to break the rules:
Why is it okay to break the rules? It's all about your goals. You want to use a modern, intelligent approach to training and nutrition that doesn't suck all the joy out of living. You're not training to become a champion power lifter or a massively developed bodybuilder, or to achieve the highest vertical jump in your neighborhood. You just want to have as little body fat and as much muscle as you need to look fit, showing the abs as your centerpiece. For your goals, you're not training for maximum strength or power. Therefore, you can deal with fatigued abs when doing the exercises for the rest of your body.
If you put something on your calendar at a specific day and time, you somehow always get it done. Whether it's a dentist appointment, a job interview, or any other event that matters to you, you put it on your calendar. Too many people start the day with a vague notion that they need to work out at some point during the day. The workout gets knocked around by other priorities, and before they know it, it gets knocked off that day's to-do list. Give your workouts a fixed day and time. Make them compatible with your schedule. You can do this in many ways, whether you put it on your calendar the night before, plan out an entire week ahead of time, or set up a stable schedule that simply repeats every week. If a real emergency should arise, and these are few in life, you can simply move the workout to a different time on the same day or to a planned day off. Workouts should not simply disappear from your schedule.
Another pitfall people encounter is preserving their workouts when others make requests for their time. Many people worry that they are being selfish, or that others will find them selfish. The following scenarios can help you manage the demands on your time:
Situation 1. When someone asks for a favor of you that isn't life or death, say, "Sorry, but I have an appointment (or other commitment—choose one) at that time."
Why it works. You don't owe someone an explanation every time you don't want to do something. We seem to have a societal problem with saying a simple no. We feel the need to explain why we have to decline, but we don't really have to explain. In this scenario, if you say, "I can't. I have to work out at that time," some people may think your reason seems selfish. To protect your reputation and your fitness goals, you can simply tell them you have another commitment.
Situation 2. Your supervisor gives you a project that should have been done yesterday, and you already have five projects like it. If you take on this extra work, you'll have to stay later, work harder, eat junk, and miss your workout. As your workout supervisor, I'm here to tell you that this behavior is not acceptable. You should say, "Okay, I'll get right on that. However, you'll need to tell me which one of these other projects can be put to the side so I can prioritize this one."
Why it works. You demonstrate that you can and will make the new project your first priority, but you won't do so at the expense of all of your other commitments (both professional and personal). It's called having boundaries and it's the only way to succeed in fitness, in business, and in life.
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A couple of days ago, The Document Foundation announced the formation of the LibreOffice Advisory Board. The function of the LibreOffice Advisory Board will be to provide The Document Foundation with advice, guidance and proposals. The board will also have a say in the future developments and projects of The Document Foundation.
When Oracle gave away OpenOffice.org to the Apache Foundation, I wrote that it did not matter as LibreOffice is where all the action is at. Well, that view has been reaffirmed by four big names joining the LibreOffice Advisory Board Google, FSF, Red Hat and SUSE.
This is what Jeremy Allison, member of Google's Open Source Programs Office, said about Google joining the Advisory board:
The creation of The Document Foundation's Advisory board is a great step forward for the organization. Google is pleased to be a supporter of The Document Foundation, and to provide funding and advice to advance their work.
The backing of SUSE and Red Hat, the companies behind major Linux distributions such as SUSE, openSUSE, Red Hat and Fedora, means that LibreOffice will continue to be the favored office suite for these Linux distributions. Although, Canonical did not join the board, they too have pledged their support for LibreOffice.
The fact that LibreOffice has got the support of the Free Software Foundation is a big advantage for LibreOffice over OpenOffice.org. Recently the FSF has gone on record saying that users should use LibreOffice over OpenOffice.org. This is what John Sullivan, Executive Director of the FSF said:
The Free Software Foundation is pleased to offer its advise to The Document Foundation. We applaud TDF's demonstrated commitment to user freedom, and will do our best to help it achieve its free software goals going forward.
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An elderly man, his wife and daughter are in custody after authorities discovered a clandestine dental office in their Little Havana home, police told NBCMiami.com Wednesday.
The operation was discovered in the 1000 block of Southwest 11th Street, Miami Police spokeswoman Kenia Reyes said.
Humberto Perez, 81, Maria Perez, 69, and Odalis Hernandez Perez, 38, were arrested at the home, police said.
Police said they learned of the illegal dental operation from the mother of a 14-year-old girl who was taken by her mother and grandmother to the home for treatment.
When the family arrived at the home, they were greeted by Maria Perez, who brought them to the rear of the home where there was a "fully operational dentist office," police said.
According to police, Humberto Perez performed dental work on the girl, giving her prescription strength medication during the treatment.
The girl felt weak, sick and had uncontrollable pain during the procedure, but when she told Humberto Perez about the pain he was reluctant to stop and continued with the procedure, police said.
The girl's mother Claribel Altamonte said her daughter cried in excruciating pain and Perez injected her gums, filed down her four front teeth and then ended up yanking them off.
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Days later, the family took the girl to a reputable and licensed dentist, who told them that in his 37 years of practicing dentistry, he had never seen such a case, police said.
The girl is now being treated by a licensed dentist but was left permanently disfigured from the procedure by Humberto Perez. Both he and Maria Perez face charges of unlicensed practice of dentistry, unlicensed practice of the health care profession, aggravated child abuse and child neglect, according to police.
The girl's mother said her daughter was self-conscious about one chipped tooth but her insurance wouldn't pay for the dental work. That's why she went to Perez who was referred by a friend.
She said she didn't think anything of the place because such dental offices are normal in her native Dominican Republic.
Odalis Hernandez Perez faces a child neglect charge, police said. It is unknown whether they have attorneys.
Detectives believe there may be more victims who have yet to come forward.
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Facts and myths about Halloween candy
A holiday devoted to vampires, goblins and ghouls is a recipe for a ghastly night of fright. But false stories of marauding strangers and poison-laced candy can make the evening scarier than it needs to be.
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CHAPEL HILL – Among the scariest Halloween myths is this one: Strangers are plotting to kill children by poisoning trick-or-treat candy. Such stories have prompted police departments to X-ray Halloween bags and the media to issue terrifying warnings.
The truth is that no genuine case of random child-poisoning related to trick-or-treating has ever been documented. (Eight-year-old Timothy O'Bryan died Oct. 31, 1974, after eating cyanide-laced Pixy Stix, but his own father was later convicted of the murder.)
Even if candy is unlikely to carry poison, it generally contains plenty of saturated fat and sugar. Read on to learn how you and your children can stay healthy on Halloween.
The claim: Dark chocolate is a health food, so you may indulge guilt-free
Recent research points to potential health benefits of dark chocolate. Some studies suggest that it can improve blood flow and blood-vessel function, and it may lower blood pressure.
"It's pretty exciting," said Susannah Southern, RD, LDN, a dietitian in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
But before you fill your cauldron with the magical stuff, remember that chocolates are high in saturated fat, which nutritionists blame for raising cholesterol and the risk of heart disease.
Researchers are still uncertain about how much dark chocolate you should eat to attain maximum benefits to your circulatory system, Southern said.
And watch out: Dutch-processed chocolate may not provide the same health boost as dark chocolate processed in other ways. (Check the label to determine how your chocolate was manufactured.)
The bottom line: To avoid overdoing it on the saturated fat, health-minded witches and warlocks should eat only a few squares of dark chocolate each week.
The claim: Fat-free candy is healthier than chocolate
Fat-free goodies such as hard candies and licorice don't contain saturated fat, so some people believe they are better for your body than chocolate. But sugary snacks can still pack plenty of empty calories, Southern said.
"I can eat a lot of Twizzlers before I get full," she said.
Like alcohol, candy is considered a discretionary calorie, which means that it contains no nutritional value. In order to meet nutritional needs, most Americans should only consume 100 to 200 discretionary calories each day. But the majority of people actually eat 400 discretionary calories a day, Southern said.
"Sugar is replacing what we really need to be eating, and just popping a vitamin pill doesn't really do the same thing," she said.
The bottom line: Like chocolate, you should eat fat-free candy only in moderation. And don't forget to eat plenty of vitamin-rich fruits and vegetables. (Some may also enjoy eye-of-newt.)
The claim: If you don't hand out candy, trick-or-treaters will toilet-paper your house
Many foods, such as fresh mango, taste just as good as candy. But because of packaging and safety concerns, those foods can be difficult to pass out to trick-or-treaters. Other options, such as packaged dried fruit, generally cost more than candy.
Since it's hard to avoid Halloween candy, start by teaching your kids year-round healthy eating habits. To do so, avoid using candy as a reward or a punishment, Southern said. But don't forbid them to eat candy, because then they will see it as special and desirable. When they do eat candy, keep portions small, and feed them plenty of nutritious food so they are not as hungry for sweets. Limit the amount of television they watch, because children's shows often contain processed-food advertisements. You can also help your kids to decide in advance how many pieces they are going to eat each day.